bennán

See also: bènnan

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish benn (“prong, horn”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲen͈aːn/

Noun

bennán m (genitive bennáin, nominative plural bennáin)

1. horned animal, cow; calf
2. horned or peaked object

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bennán	bennán pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbennán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language